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RULES FOR FILING CARDSIN THE DICTIONARY CATALOGUES OF

THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY OFPITTSBURGH

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Preface

The following rules, based on those fountl in the fourth

edition of Cutter's "Rules for a dictionary catalogue," have

been compiled for the use of assistants in the Carnegie Library

of Pittsburgh. They apply to the filing of printed cards, the

form used in all the card catalogues of this Library.

Xo attempt has been made to set forth or defend any rules

of entry followed in cataloguing ; these rules for arrangement

presuppose the acceptance of certain catalogue entries which are

followed in this Library. Rules which do not necessitate any

deviation from the strictl}' alphabetical order are not given.

For example, no statement is made about the filing of names

differing but slightly in spelling, as Green and Greene, Brownand Browne, etc., because they are filed alphabetically in two

files as spelled. Some aids have been incorporated to guide the

untrained assistant, such as the entries for articles in foreign

languages. The alphabetical rather than the logical arrange-

ment has been adopted to facilitate quick reference.

The rules represent the practice followed by the Catalogue

Department and have been compiled for publication by Mar-

garet Mann, Chief Cataloguer.

Harrison W. Craver,

March i, 1915. Librarian.

311851

Rules for Filing Cards

Abbreviations.

Arrange abbreviations as if spelled in full (except Mr and Mrs), but

elisions as the}- are printed.

Example

A B C of swimming.A. L. A. See American Library Association.

American Iron and Steel Association.

American Jewish Historical Society.

American Library Association.

A. L. A. booklist.

A. L. A. catalog.

American Library Institute.

Art de linguistique.

Art de I'instruction.

Art d'economiser.

Art des mines. r

Art d'etre grandpere.

Art digne.

Art d'instruire.

Dr Latimer.

Doctor Luke.

Dr North.

Mozart, W. A.

Mr Dooley.

Mrs Tree.

Much ado about nothing.

Who goes there?

Who'd be king?

Who's who.

Whose home is the wilderness.

Arrange proper names beginning with M', Mc, St., Ste. as if spelled

Alac, Saint, Sainte.

Exa)uple

Maclaren. J. M. Saint Pierre. J. H. Bernardin de.

M'Laren, J. T. St. Vincent. J. J.

McLaren, L. L. Ste. Anne des Monts.

M'Laren, R. S. Sainte-Beuve, C. A.

MacLaren, W. W.

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Added entry. Sec Author arrangement.

Ampersand.

Character & is alphabctcd as "and," "ct," "und," etc., according to

the language used.

Example

Art & craftsmanship.

Art & artistes au i8e siecle.

Berlin & the German empire.

Berlin & seine bauten.

Analytical entries.

Author. File by author and title underscored in contents, disregard-

ing author and title of the main book.

Subject. File first by subject at top of card, second by author of

analytical underscored in contents and third by title of analytical. If

there is no author in content.^ file l)v the author of the main book.

Sample cants

Doiiiiay, Maurice.

Clark, Barrett Harper, ed. 842 Csi

Three modern plays from the French, with a preface bj- Clayton

Hamilton. 1914. Holt.

Contents: The prince d'Auiec, by Henri Lavedan.—The pardon, by Jules Lemaitre.—^The other danger, by Maurice Donnay.

England. History. Xonnaii period.

Oman, Charles William Chadwick, ed.'

94-2 024hHistory of England, v. 2, 4-5. 1904-05. Methuen.V.2. England under the Normans and .'\ngcvin s, 1066-127^, by H. W. C. Davis.

V.4. England under the Tudors, by A. D. Innes.

v.s- England under the Stuarts, by G. M. Trevelyan.

China. Politics and yovernnient.

Johnson, Samuel, 1822-82. 299 J36

Oriental religions and their relation to universal religion; China.

1877.

Contents: Elements: The Chinese mind.—Labor.—Science.—External relations.

—

Ethnic type.—Resources.

—

Structures: Education.

—

Government.—Language.— Litera-

ture.^History.—Poetry.

—

Sages: Rationalism.—Confucius.—Doctrine of Confucius.

—

Influence of Confucius.—Mencius.— Beliefs: Foundations.—-Buddhism.— Missionary

failures and ifruits.^Tao-ism.—Philosophy.

"Fung-shui," p.7i5-7i7-

Apostrophe. See Punctuation marks.

)/

RULES FOR FILING CARDS 7

Articles.

Disregard article at the beginning of an entry, but consider if not

the first word.

Example

The man of his time. Frau Holde.

Man of mark. Die Frau Marchesa.

A man of the age. Frau Sorge.

Man of the world. Eine frau wie du.

The man of yesterday. Frau Wilhelmine.

Un homme d'affaires.

L'homme de neige.

Homme du peuple.

L'homme qui rit.

Articles in foreign languages

Danish or Norwegian.

Plural


Articles in foreign languages—cuiitiiincd.

German.

RULES FOR FILING CARDS

Articles in foreign languages—continued.

Polish.

No articles.

Portuguese.

Singular

ni.

o

uni

/.

Plural

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Author arrangement—continued.

2. Author as secondary entry.

Arrangf in one alphabet, after all authors as main entry, all second-

ary author entries. These include added entries under compiler, editor,

translator, illustrator, publisher. Arrange these secondarily by the

main author of the hook, not by title.

3. Works about an author.

.\rrange in one alphabet, after all secondary entries, the worksabout an author. Arrange these secondarily by the author of the book;if an analytical entry, arrange secondarily by author of the analytic.

Anonymous works about an author file secondarily under the title of

the work.

Example

1. Lang, Andrew.Ballads of books.

Lang, Andrew, and others.

A batch of golfing papers.

Lang, Andrew, comp.Blue poetry book.

Lang, Andrew.Complete works.

Lang, Andrew, & Lang, John.

Highways and byways in the Border.

Lang, Andrew.Marett, R. R. ed.

Anthropology and the classics.

Contents: Homer and anthropology, by Andrew Lang.

Lang, Andrew.Homer and the epic.

Lang, Andrew, & Mason, A. E. W.Mason, .\lfred Edward Woodley, & Lang, Andrew.

Parson Kelly.

Lang, Andrew, ed.

Red fairy book.

2. Lang, Andrew, tr.

Homer.Iliad; tr. by Andrew Lang.

Lang, Andrew, and others, tr.

Homer.Odyssey; tr. by Andrew Lang.

Lang, Andrew, ed.

Lang, Mrs Leonora Blanche.

Book of saints and heroes.

RULES FOR FILING CARDS ll

^ Author arrangement—r();;//»!U'(i.

3. Lang, Andrew.Gosse, E. W.

Andrew Lang.

Lang, Andrew.

James, Henry.

Lang; a biography.

Lang, Andrew.Lang, Andrew.

Letters.

Lang, Andrew.Matthews, Brander.

Aspects of fiction.

Contents: American literature.—The penalty of humor.—-Two Scotsmen of letters; Andrew Lang, R. L. Stevenson.

See also Bible.—Homer.—Periodicals.—Place (country, state, city).

—Shakespeare, William.—Wagner, Richard.

Bible. Arrange as follows:

I. Whole Bible.

1. Bible treated as author, i. e. text.

a. English text.

Arrange alphabetically by title.

b. Foreign texts.

Arrange alphabetically by name of language.

2. Bible treated as subject, i. e. works about the Bible.

Arrange alphabetically under the various subdivisions,

putting "Miscellaneous" last.

II. Old testament.

I and 2 arrange as in whole Bible.

3. Collections of single books. (Except 4 and 6.)

4. Hexateuch, Pentateuch, etc.

Arrange according to number of books included, the col-

lection containing the largest number coming first.

5. Single books arranged in the order of the English version,

illustrative works on each book following the editions of

the text of that book.

6. Collections of the prophetical books follow the Song of

Solomon.

7. Apocrypha.

8. Pseudepigrapha.

III. New testament.

I and 2 arrange as in whole Bible.

3. Collections of single books. (Except Gospels and Epistles.)

4. Gospels.

5. Single books arranged as in Old testament.

6. Collections of the Epistles follow the Acts.

7. Apocrypha.

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Bible—continued.

Arrangement of books of the Old testament.

Genesis.

Exodus.

Leviticus.

Numbers.Deuteronomj',

Joshua.

Judges.

Ruth.

Samuel.

Kings.

Chronicles.

Ezra.

Nehemiah.

Esther.

Job.

Psalms.

Proverbs.

Ecciesiastes.

Song of Solomon.Isaiah.

Jeremiah.

Lamentations.

Ezekiel.

Daniel.

Hosea.

Joel.

Amos.Obadiah.

Jonah.

Micah.

Nahum.Habakkuk.Zephaniah.

Haggai.

Zechariah.

Malachi.

Apocrypha.

Pseudepigrapha.

Arrangement of books of the New testament.

Matthew.Mark.

Luke.

John.

Acts.

Romans.Corinthians.

Galatians.

Ephesians.

Philippians.

Colossians.

Thessalonians.

Timothy.

Titus.

Philemon.

Hebrews.

James.

Peter.

John, Epistles.

Jude.

Revelation.

Apocrypha.

Business firms. See Firms.

Charters (as subhead). Sec Place (country, state, city).

Chronological arrangement. See Congresses.—History.—Maps.—Per-

sonal names, forenames and surnames the same.

City. See Geographical names.—Place (country, state, city).

Classical names. See Personal names, Greek and Latin.

Compiler. See Author arrangement.

Compound forenames. See Forenames.

Compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions. See Place,

compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions.

Compound personal names. See Personal names, compounded of twonames.—Personal names with prefix.

Compound words. Sec Hyphened words.—Place, compound names of

places, subjects, etc.

Conferences. See Congresses.


Congresses.

When congresses and conferences are distinguished by number or

date, arrange by number or date, not alphabetically.

Example

International Congress of Applied Chemistry, (7th), Lon-

don, 1909.

International Congress of Applied Chemistry (8th), Wash-ington and New York, 1912.

Constitution (as subhead). See Place (country, state, city).

Corporate entry. See Place, compound names of places, subjects, so-

cieties, institutions.—Place (country, state, city).

Coimtry. See Place (country, state, city).

County. See Geographiccil names.

Dates. See Numerals.

Directories (as subhead). See Place (.country, state, city).

Edition. See Title.

Editor. Sec Author arrangement.

Elisions. See Abbreviations.

Family names. See Personal names compounded of two names.

Figures. See Numerals.

Firms.

When a publisher or a firm name is same as personal name, file by

forename in its alphabetic place among the personal names. If firm

name has no forename file after personal names.

Example

Jones, J. C.

Jones (L. M.) & Son, N. Y.

Jones, R. B.

Jones (Robert) Company, Philadelphia.

Jones, Robert Henry.

Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. Pittsburgh.

Jones, Miller and Co. N. Y.

Jones, Smith and Brown, Boston.


Foreign titles. See Translations.

Forenames.

Forenames used as headings precede surnames.

E.vantple

Christian II.

Christian, James.

The Christian. Caine, Hall.

Christian art.

Headings like Charles, George, Henry, etc., arrange in the follow-

ing groups:

1. Saints.

2. Popes.

3. Sovereigns.

4. Princes and nobility.

5. Others.

The saints are arranged secondarily by their usual appellatives, the

popes by their number. Sovereigns in alphabetic order of countries and

under countries numerically. Other persons are arranged secondarily

by their usual appellatives.

Example

John, St.

John of Damascus, St.

John X, pope.

John XXI, pope.

John, king of England.

John V, king of Portugal.

John III, king of Sweden.

John of Austria, prince.

John IV, duke of Bretagne.

John, duke of Burgundy.

John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster.

John of Fordun.

John of Parma.

John of Salisbury, bp.

John, Griffith.

John Crerar Library, Chicago.

John Halifax, gentleman.

Note that emperors are not to be separated from kings.

Such names as Frederick William, Ernest August Charles, Char-

lotte Augusta, Marie Antoinette, Marcus Antonius, may be regarded

as compound forenames. They should be arranged in the above

groups, the compounds of each group following the single names.

See also Personal names, forenames and surnames the same.


Geographical names.

W'lien the same word serves for several kinds of heading the order

is: person, place, subject, title.

Example

Buffalo, N. Y.

Buffalo (animal).

Buffalo Bill's wild West show.

Washington, George.

Washington (state).

Washington, D. C.

Washington, Pa.

Washington Adams in England.

Washington county. Pa.

Washington Literary Society.

When states and cities have the same name arrange first state (of-

ficial followed by non-official entries), second city (official followed

by non-official entries).

County of the same name is filed in its alphabetical place and the

word county is considered in alphabeting. The filing of New Yorkcounty is an exception to this. For its arrangement see example under

Place (country, state, city).

Exattiple

Washington (state)—Geological survey.

Washington (state) LTniversity.

Washington, D. C.

Washington (D. C. ) Playground Association.

Washington, Pa.

Washington and Jefferson College.

Washington College.

Washington county, Ohio.

Washington county. Pa.

Washington in Lincoln's time.

Washington national monument.

See also Place, compound names of places, subjects, etc.—Place

(country, state, city).—Subject (as subhead).

Government entries. See Place (country, state, city).

Greek names. Sec Personal names, Greek and Latin.

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History.

When the history of a country is subdivided by periods or events,

these subdivisions are arranged chronologically, not alphabetically.

Example

U. S. History. Colonial period.

U. S. History. Revolution.

U. S. History. War of 1812.

U. S. History. Civil war.

U. S. History. Reconstruction period.

The Revolution and the Civil war are subjects which include so

much material that they have been subdivided. The subdivisions are

arranged alphabetically.

Example

U. S. History. Civil war. Bibliography.

U. S. History. Civil war. Biography.

U. S. History. Civil war. Campaigns and battles.

U. S. History. Civil war. Finance.

U. S. History. Civil war. Poetry.

Homer.Arrange entries in the following order:

1. Collected works arranged alphabetically by title.

2. Commentaries and criticisms on collected works arranged

alphabetically by author.

3. Dictionaries and concordances.

4. Separate works in one alphabet arranged by title. Undereach work arrange first the texts, then books about it, ar-

ranged secondarily by author of book.

5. Homer for children.

Example

1. Homer.Opera Graeco-Latina.

Homer.Works.

2. Homer.Gierke, A. M.

Familiar studies in Homer.

homer.Lawton, W. C.

Art and humanity in Homer.


Homer—continued.

3. Homer.Autenrieth, Georg, ed.

Homeric dictionary.

Homer.Ebeling, Heinrich, ed.

Lexicon Homericum.

4. Homer.Battle of the frogs and mice (text).

Homer.Battle of the frogs and mice (criticism).

Homer.Hymns (text).

Homer.Hymns (criticism).

Homer.Iliad (text).

Homer.Iliad (criticism).

Homer.Odyssey (text).

Homer.Odyssey (criticism).

5. Homer.Brooks, Edward.

Story of the Iliad.

Homer.Church, A. J.

Stories from Homer.

^y Hyphened words.

Arrange as if separate words, disregarding hyphen.

Example

Happy home.Happy-Thought Hall.

Happy thoughts.

But file as one word the following:

Anti-Christ.

Bi-centennial.

Con-tect (weekly).

Co-operative.

Pre-historic.

Pre-Raphaelite.

To-day.

See also Place, compound names of places, subjects, etc.

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Illustrator. See Author arrangement.

Initial articles. See Articles.

Initials.

Arrange all onirics beginning with i)iitials only before those begin-

ning with full words of same initial letter. File initials standing for the

name of a person before those beginning a title.

Example

T., H.

T.,J.

T., L. G.

T., V.

T. R: in cartoons.

T. Square Club.

T. Tembarom.Tabb, John Banister.

Table talk.

See also Al)breviations.

Institutions. See Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies,

institutions.—Place (country, state, cityj.

International congresses. See Congresses.

Inverted subject heading. See Subject (as subhead).

Joint author.

File with other works by the first author, disregarding the nameof the second author.

See examples under Author arrangement.

Latin names. Sec Personal names, Greek and Latin.

Mc, Mac. See Abbreviations.

Main entry. See Author arrangement.

Maps.Arrange alphabetically by name of place. If there be more than

one entry under a place arrange chronologically.

Example

Maps— Paris.

Maps— Pennsylvania.

Maps—Pennsylvania. (1884.)

Maps— Pennsylvania. (1885.)

Maps—.South .\merica.

RUr.KS FOR FILING CARDS 19

Mr and Mrs. Sec Abbreviations.—Personal names, titles of honor and

distinction.

Music.

Arrange in two files.

1. Books about music.

2. Musical scores.

Examples of headings and subheadings for musical scores

Music. Chamber music.

Music. Chamber music. Quartets. Strings.

Music. Chamber music. Quintets.

Music. Piano.

Music. Piano. Concertos.

Music. Piano. Duets.

Music. Piano. Mazurkas.

Music. Piano. Sonatas.

New York. See Place (country, state, city).

Noblemen. See Forenames.

Numerals.

Arrange titles beginning with numerals as if the figures were writ-

ten out in the language of the rest of the title.

Example

Nineteenth army corps. Achtspannig.

19th century almanac. 1813; kriegsbild.

Nineteenth century prose. Acids.

Arrange numerals, in English, over 1,000, as 1,500, 2,300, 1,000,000,

as if spelled out, one thousand five hundred, two thousand three hun-

dred, one million; not fifteen hundred, twenty-three hundred, ten hun-

dred thousand.

English and German numerals indicating years form an exception

to this, and 1800, 1900, etc. are arranged as if spelled eighteen hundred,

nineteen hundred, achtzehn hundert, neunzehn hundert, but correspond-

ing French numerals are arranged as if beginning with mil, thus 1812 is

arranged as if spelled mil huit cent douze.

Official publications. See Place (country, state, city).


Order of entries. See Person, place, subject, title, having the same name.

Ordinances (as subhead). See Place (country, state, city).

Periodiceds.

When a periodical is used as an author, always file after entry for

periodical itself.

Example

Review of reviews; monthly.

Review of reviews.

Annual index of periodicals and photographs.

Review of reviews.

Pittsburg; a new great city.

Person, place, subject, title, having the same name.When the same word serves for several kinds of heading the order

is: person, place, subject, title.

Example

Buffalo, N. Y.

Buffalo (animal).

Buffalo Bill's wild West show.

Washington, George.

Washington (state).

Washington, D. C.

Washington, Pa.

Washington Adams in England.

Washington county, Pa.

Washington Literary Society.

Personal names compounded of two names.Arrange personal names compounded of two names, with or with-

out a hyphen, after the first name but before the next longer word.

Surnames with "family," "dynasty" or "house" should follow plain sur-

name and not be mixed with compound names or titles beginning with

surname.

Example

Grave, Thomas. Lloyd, William.

Grave family. Lloyd family.

Grave de Mezeray, Antoine. Lloyd-George, David.

Grave creek. Lloyd-George family.

Grave-.nounds. Lloyd-Williams, Richard.

Gravel. Lloyd guide to Australasia.

Lloyd Library.


Personal names, forenames and surnames the same.

When surnames and forenames are the same arrange chronologi-

cally if dates are given. Names without dates precede those with dates.

If there are several they may be filed by epithet or title of honor, such

as Capt., Rev., Sir.

Example

Scott, Walter, M. A.

Scott, Sir Walter.

Scott. Walter. 1854-96.

Scott. Walter, b. 1876.

Personal names, Greek and Latin.

Arrange Greek and Latin personal names bj' their patronymics or

other appellatives.

Example

Dionysius.

Dionysius Areopagita.

Dionysius Chalcidensis.

Dionj'sius Genuensis.

Personal names, titles of honor and distinction.

Pay no attention to prefixes as Mrs, Sir, Lady, etc., or to suffixes,

as bp., graf, comte, baron, etc. unless forenames are the same, in which

case use to distinguish. If there is no forename but only a title or such

term as Alother, Uncle, Professor, file before entries with forenames.

Example

Ross, Mother.

Ross, Professor.

Ross, A. C.

Ross. M. R.

Personal names with prefix.

Arrange personal names with prefixes as single words.

Example

Demonstration.

De Montford.

Demophilus.

De Morgan.Demosthenes.Ducal palaces.

Du Chaillu.

Duchess of Malfi.

Lame dog's diary.

La Motte Fouque.

Lamplighter.

Leslie.

Le Soudier.

Lessing.

Saint-Amand.

Sainte-Beuve.

Saintly lives.

Tenant of Wildfell hall.

Ten Eyck.

Tennis.

Vanadium.Van Buren.

Vanitv fair.


Pittsburgh. See Place (country, state, city).

Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions.

^ Arrange compound names of places and names of societies and in-

stitutions as separate words.

Example

New, John.

New Hampshire.

New legion of Satan. (Title.)

New Sydenham Society.

New thought.

Newark.Newfoundland.

Newspapers.

But arrange as single words compound words which are printed as

one.

Example

Book-binding. See Bookbinding.

Book-keeping.

Book-plates.

Bookbinding.

Bookkeeping for retail stores.

Books and reading.

Bookselling.

Place (country, state, city).

1. Works by a country, state or city as author.

2. Works about a country, state or city.

3. Associations, institutions or titles beginning with name of

country, state or city.

I. Arrange in one alphabet works by a country, state or city as

author, or author as secondary entry.

In these entries the name of place is followed by dash and name of

government department. Secondary entries are filed secondarily by

title not by main author of book.

Example

Canada—Geological survey.

Annual report.


Young, G. A.

Descriptive sketch of the geology of Canada.

Issued by the Canada geological survey.


Place (country, state, city)

—

continued.


Guide book.


Collins, W. H.

Report on northwestern Canada. ( Canada—Geological

survey.)


Reports of progress.

In a few cases the period is used instead of dash after name of

place in official entries, but this does not change the order. These are

for form headings such as, Constitution, Statutes, Charter, Directories

and Ordinances.

2. Arrange in one alphabet after works by a country, state or city

all works about a country, state or city. In these entries the name of

the place is followed by period and subdivision.

3. Arrange in one alphabet after works about a country, state or

city all associations, institutions and titles beginning with its name.

Disregard the comma which often follows the name of place in this

form of entry.

Country

U. S.—Chemistry bureau.

U. S.—Forestry division.

U. S.—Post office department.

U. S.—President.

U. S. Statutes.

U. S.—War department.

U. S. History.

U. S. Post office. ( For books about the department.)

U. S. President. (For books about the presidents.)

U. S. catalog.

U. S. Steel Corporation.

State

Pennsylvania—Agriculture, Department of.

Pennsylvania. Constitution.

Pennsylvania—Education commission.

Pennsylvania—State library.

Pennsylvania. Description and travel.

Pennsylvania. History.

Pennsylvania. Militia.

Pennsylvania farmer.

Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society.

Pennsylvania stories.

Pennsylvania University.


Place (country, state, city)—continued.

City

ttsburgh—Assessors.

ttsl)urgli. Charter. (As author.)

ttsburgh—Council.

ttsburgh. Directories.

ttsburgh—Health bureau.

ttsburgh. Ordinances.

ttsburgh—Public education board.

ttsburgh—Water bureau.

ttsburgh. Charities.

Charter. (For books about the charter.)

History.

Municipal improvement.

Public education board . (For books about the

ttsburgh.

ttsburgh.

ttsburgh.

ttsburgh.

board.)

Pittsburgh. Streets.

Pittsburgh, Academy of Science and Art

Pittsburgh almanac.

Pittsburgh, Chamber of Commerce.Pittsburgh mercury.

Pittsburgh Survey.

Pittsburgh the powerful.

Pittsburgh University.

In filing cards under New York, arrange

1. New York (state) first by author, second by subject, third bytitle or association.

2. New York (colony).

3. New York (county).

4. New York (city) first by author, second by subject, third bytitle or association.

5. New York as title or association without state or city fol-

lowing or inserted.

Example

1. New York (state)—Botanist.

New York (state)—Education department.

New York (state). Geology.

New York (state). History.

New York State Bar Association.

New York (state). Chamber of Commerce.New York State Teachers' Association.

2. New York (colony)—Council.

3. New York (county)—Court house board.


Place ( country, state, city)

—

contiinicd.

4. New York (city)—Health department.

New York (city)—Police department.

New York (city). Description.

New York (city). Police department. (For books about the

department.)

New York (city). Poor.

New York City Christian Science Institute.

New York, City Club.

New York (city), Merchants' Association.

5. New York architect.

New York Edison Company.New York Historical Society.

New York, Shakespeare Society.

See also Geographical names.

Place subdivisions under subject. See Subject (as subhead).

Popes. See Forenames.

Possessive case. See Punctuation marks.

Prefixes. See Personal names, titles of honor and distinction.—Per-

sonal names with prefix.

Princes. See Forenames.

Pseudonyms.Arrange pseudonyms after the corresponding real name.

Example

Andrew, pseud.

Andrew, St.

Andrew, St. pseud.

Andrew, John.

Andrew, John, pseud.

Andrew, John Albion.

Publisher. See Firms. •

Punctuation marks.

Disregard punctuation marks and apostrophe. The possessive case

singular should be arranged with the plural.

Example

Boys' and girls' book.

Boy's book of rhyme.Boy's Odyssey.

Boys of 1812.

Boys of Fairport.

Boys' own book.


Rulers. See Forenames.

Saints. See Forenames.

Same name used for several kinds of heading. See Geographical names.

Secondary entry. See Author arrangement.

"See also" cards.

"See also" cards follow entry of same heading.

Example

Children.

Children. See also.

Children. Care and training.

Children. Care and training. See also.

Series.

When a series entry consists of an author and title, arrange with

other works by the same author as main entry.

Example

Minnesota University.

Alumni record.

Minnesota University. Current problems. (Series.)


President's report.


Studies in the physical sciences and mathematics. (Series.)


Vocations open to women.

Shakespeare.

Arrange entries in the following order:

1. Collected works in one alphabet.

2. Separate plays in one alphabet, arranged by name of play.

Under each play arrange first the texts of the play, then works about

the play, arranged secondarily by author of book. The poems of

Shakespeare file after the separate plays and before works about

Shakespeare.

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Shakespeare-

3. Works about Shakespeare and the plays in general arranged

alphabetically under subheadings.

Example

Shakespeare, William.

Complete works.


Dramatische werke.


Works.


As you like it (text).


As )OU like it (criticism).


Hamlet (text).


Hamlet (criticism).


Winter's tale (text).


Winter's tale (criticism).


Poems.


Sonnets.


Venus and Adonis.

3. Shakespeare, William. Biography.

Shakespeare, William. Costume of the characters.

Shakespeare, William. Criticism.

Shakespeare, William. Music.

Shakespeare, William. Plots.

Shakespeare, William. Sources.

Shakespeare, William. Stories of the plays.

Shakespeare, William. Wit and humor.

Societies. See Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, in-

stitutions.—Place (country, state, city).


State. .Srr Geographical names.—Place ( country, state, city).

Statutes (as subhead). Sec Place (country, state, city).

Subject. Sec Author arrangement. Works about an author.—History.

—Maps.—Music.—Person, place, subject, title, having the samename.—Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, in-

stitutions.—Shakespeare.

Subject (as subhead).

Arrange subheads of any subject alphabetically under subject. Whena subject has country or place subdivisions do not mix with other sui)-

heads but file in a second group after them.

Example

Railroads.

Railroads. Bibliography.

Railroads. Construction.

Railroads. Laws.

Railroads. Periodicals.

Railroads. Relation to the state.

After guide marked "Special localities" file

Railroads. England.

Railroads. Iowa.

Railroads. New York (state).

Railroads. New York (city).

Railroads. Russia.

Railroads. United States.

File subheads separated from subject by comma in one file with

those separated by period.

Example

Ethics. Dictionaries.

Ethics, Family.

Ethics, Practical.

Ethics, Social.

Ethics. Societies.

Ethics, State.

But notice that Painting, Mechanical is not a subhead of Painting,

but a separate subject.


Surnames. See Personal names, forenames and surnames.

Title.

The arrangement of title entries is first by the heading words; if

the}' are the same, then bj' the next word; if that is the same, by the

next; and so on. Every word, article (except initial article), and prepo-

sition included, is to be regarded.

Example

Uncovenanted mercies.

Under a cloud.

Under the ban.

Under the greenwood tree; a novel.

Under the greenwood tree; a poem.

Under which king.

The undone task.

The undone task done.

If two or more titles under an author's name are the same, dis-

tinguish by edition or date. If they are the same to the first semicolon,

distinguish by what follows.

Example

Thorndyke, E. L.

Educational psychology. 1903.

Thorndyke, E. L.

Educational psychology. 3v. 1913-14.

Rocheleau, W. F.

Great American industries; minerals.

Rocheleau, W. F.

Great American industries; products of the soil.

Rocheleau, W. F.

Great American industries; transportation.

Stories by foreign authors; German.

Stories by foreign authors; Italian.

Stories by foreign authors; Scandinavian.

See also Abbreviations.— Ampersand.— Articles.— Author arrange-

ment.—Hyphened words.—Initials.—Numerical figures.—Person, place,

subject, title, having the same name.—Place (country, state, city).

—

Punctuation marks.—Translations.

Titles of honor. See Personal names, titles of honor and distinction.


Translations.

Translations and originals are not kept together, but each transla-

tion is arranged alphabetically under the author, by its own title.

Example

Maeterlinck, Maurice.

Der blaue vogel.


The blue bird.


Death.


Life of the bee.


Monna Vanna.


La mort.


L'oiseau bleu.


La vie des abeilles.

If titles are exactly the same for a book in a foreign language and

for its English translation, or, for an English book and its foreign

translation, file English title first.

Translator. See Author arrangement.

Transposed subject headings. See Subject (as subhead).

Umlaut.

a, 6, ii, in German to be considered a, o, u.

a, a, ae, 6, 0, in Danish and Swedish to be considered a, o.

If two names are spelled exactly alike except for the umlaut, arrange

by the forenames.

Example

Muller, Heinrich. Miiller, Heinrich.

Miiller. Johann. Muller, Johann.

When written oe, ae, ue, use both letters in filing.

Example

Goethe. Hueffer.

Gold. Huffman.


United States. Sec Place (country, state, city.)

Wagner, Richard.

Arrange entries in the following order.

1. General writings, not including autobiography or correspond-

ence, in one alphabet.

2. Opera scores arranged alphabetically.

3. Opera texts, including librettos and works about separate operas,

arranged alphabetically. Under each opera arrange first text of opera,

then works about it.

4. Criticism of works arranged alphabetically by name of author

of book.

5. Stories of the operas taken collectively, in one alphabet, ar-

ranged by name of author of book.

6. Biography of Wagner. In this arrangement all autobiography

is filed first, followed by lives of Wagner, arranged secondarily by the

author of book.

Exa»iple

1. Wagner, Richard.

Die kunst und die revolution.

Wagner, Richard.

Oper und drama.

2. Wagner, Richard.

Lohengrin (score).

Wagner, Richard.

Parsifal (score).

Wagner, Richard.

Tristan and Isolde (score).

3. Wagner, Richard.

Lohengrin (text).

Wagner, Richard.

Lohengrin (criticism).

Wagner, Richard.

Parsifal (text).

Wagner, Richard.

Parsifal (criticism).

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4. Wagner, Richard.

Gautier, Judith.

Wagner and his poetical work.

» Wagner, Richard.

Krehbiel, H. E.

Studies in the Wagnerian drama.

Wagner, Richard.

Newman, Ernest.

Study of Wagner.

5. Wagner, Richard.

Barber, Grace Edson.Wagner opera stories.

Wagner, Richard.

Frost, W. H.

Wagner story book.

Wagner, Richard.

McSpadden, J. W.Stories from Wagner.

6. Wagner, Richard, & Liszt. Franz.

Correspondence.

Wagner, Richard.

Family letters.

Wagner, Richard.

Mein leben.

Wagner, Richard.

Chamberlain, H. C.

Richard Wagner.

Wagner, Richard.

Finck, H. T.

Wagner and his works.

Wagner, Richard.

Muncker, Franz.

Richard Wagner.

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